New Guinea long-eared
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The New Guinea long-eared bat ( Pharotis imogene ) is an endangered species of bat from the smooth-nosed family that occurs in New Guinea. It is the only species of the genus Pharotis and closely related to the Australian long-eared bats (Nyctophilinae). The New Guinea long-eared long-eared figure was only known from 45 specimens, which were collected in 1890 in Kamali (Central Province, Papua New Guinea ) by the Italian naturalist Lamberto Loria (1855–1913). All individuals captured were females from a single colony. In 1985 a bat was caught that could possibly represent the species. However, the specimen was neglected to examine and in 1992 it was lost to destruction. In 2012, the two zoologists Catherine Hughes and Julie Broken-Brow caught a female of a bat species that they could not assign to any other bat species. In 2014 it was confirmed that it was the New Guinea long-eared long-eared man, believed to have been lost for 120 years. The IUCN classifies them into the category of extinction (critically endangered) a.
The New Guinea long-eared species are smaller than the Nyctophilus species in New Guinea . She has a relatively short face, longer ears, and a larger nosepiece. The head-trunk length is 47 to 50 mm, the tail length 42 to 43 mm, the forearm length 37.5 to 36.6 mm, the shin length 17.5 to 18.4 mm, the hind foot length 7.8 to 9.3 mm and the ear length 24.4 to 25.0 mm.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Conservation: 'Lost' bat species rediscovered after 120 years in the wilderness of May 31, 2014
- ↑ Catherine Hughes; Julie Broken-Brow; Harry Parnaby; Steve Hamilton; Luke K.-P. Leung: Rediscovery of the New Guinea Big-eared Bat Pharotis imogene from Central Province, Papua New Guinea In: Records of the Australian Museum 66 (4), 2014
literature
- TF Flannery: Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands. Reed Books, Chatswood, New South Wales 1995, 464 pp. ISBN 0-7301-0417-6
- NB Simmons: Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312-529 in DE Wilson & DM Reeder, DM (eds.): Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. 3. Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2005. Vol. 1: pp. i-xxxv + 1-743; Vol. 2: pp. i-xvii + 745-2142. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
Web links
- Pharotis imogene in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: Chiroptera Specialist Group, 2008. Accessed on 24 February, 2009.
- EDGE - New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis imogene)